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Father and daughter from Green Bay found dead in Canyonlands National Park

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A father and daughter died Friday while hiking in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park after they became lost and ran out of water, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said.

Police identified the two as 52-year-old Albino Herrera Espinoza and 23-year-old Beatriz Herrera, the sheriff’s office reported in a Facebook post. Albino Espinoza and his daughter were from Green Bay, Wisconsin.

He and his wife, Maria Carmen Herrera, co-owned El Sarape restaurants in Green Bay and Ashwaubenon, Maria told the Press-Gazette, part of the USA TODAY Network.

According to the couple’s website, the Green Bay location has been owned by the couple since June 2000.

What happened?

Herrera and his daughter were hiking and got lost on the Syncline Trail and ran out of water, the National Park Service (NPS) said.

The air temperature was over 38 degrees on Friday afternoon when the San Juan County Emergency Operations Center received an emergency text message from the two hikers, who said they were lost and had run out of water.

NPS rangers and Bureau of Land Management Moab District Helitack personnel arrived at the scene based on the text messages and began the search, but by the time the two hikers were found, they were dead, according to the NPS.

At 5:45 p.m. on Friday, the sheriff’s office was notified of a victim and 15 minutes later of a second deceased hiker, the press release said.

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service are investigating this incident.

What you should know about the risk of heat illness

According to NPS, the following factors increase the possibility of heat-related illness:

  • High humidity
  • Altitude
  • Strenuous activity
  • Age – Infants, young children and people over 65 are more susceptible to heat illnesses
  • pregnancy
  • obesity
  • Heart disease
  • Weak circulation
  • Fever
  • Mental illness
  • Dehydration
  • sunburn
  • Taking prescription drugs and alcohol

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